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J. G. BAKER. VEGETABLE CUTTER.

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J. GQBAK'ER. VEGETABLE CUTTER.

N0. 509,642. Patented Nov. 28, 1893..

W/WAP IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII [7206 M260 7' John 6130:7532? hay kis'flfifurnqysD STATES PATENT FF JOHN G. BAKER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR TO THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, OFSAME PLACE.

V EG ETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,642, dated November28, 1893. Application filed July 17,1893. Serial No. 480,693. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.- the differential movement of the front orcut- Be it known that I, JOHN G. BAKER, a cititing edge of each segmentdue to the inclina zen of the United States, residing in Phila tion ofthe same is counterbalanced by a redelphia, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain verse differential movement of the rear edge Improvements inVegetable-Outters,of which of the preceding segment. Hence the extent 55the following is a specification. of projection of each cutting edgebeyond the The object of my invention is to so conpreceding segment willbe substantially unistruct avegetable cutter havingarotary knife formfrom top to bottom. carrier that the knives will operate with a As ameans of effecting the adjustment of IO shearing action, and can bereadily adjusted all of the segments simultaneouslyI provide 60 to varythe depth of out, the device, morethe shaft F with a disk J, which isfixed to the over, being cheaply and simply constructed shaft and has aseries of cam slot-s f for the and readily taken apart for cleansingpurreception of pins '1; projecting from tails on poses. the flanges b.Hence by moving this cam to the In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1,right, the segments will be caused to swingin 65 is a perspective Viewof a vegetable cutter one direction, and by moving it to the leftconstructed in accordance with myinvention. said segments will be causedto swing in the Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the same. Fig. oppositedirection, each segment being posi- 3, is an inverted sectional plan onthe line tively controlled so that the extent of projec- 12, Fig. 2,with the supporting frame broken tion of the knives and the consequentdepth 70 away. Fig. 4, is a view showing a modified of out can be veryreadily regulated. form of cutter; and Fig. 5, is an inverted sec- Acrank M is secured to the squared upper tional plan view of a gratingcylinder which end of the shaft F by a nut m and the hub of can besubstituted for the cutting cylinder. this crank bears upon the hub ofthe disk G,

A represents a bracket arm provided with so that when the nut m istightened the crank 75 a clamp whereby it may be attached to the anddisk are secured together, but when the edge of a table or othersupport, said bracket nut is slackened the crank can be turnedincarryinga guide B and being provided with dependently of the disk, so as toefiect the a guard rim D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. operation of thedisk .I and the adjustment 0 The upperend of the bracket formsabearingof the cutting segments, the disk G being 80 a for a vertical shaft orpin F and upon the held so as to prevent its rotation while such upperend of the latter is mounted a disk G adjustment is being effected. towhich is secured aseries of depending seg- The cuttings are directed bythe knives ments I, four of which are shown in the presto the interiorof the open bottomed drum ent instance, although there may be more orformed by the disk G and the series of se 85 less than this if desired.Each segment has ments I, and said cuttings drop from the at the upperend an inwardly projecting drum into a receptacle located beneath it,the flange b, a bolt 61 passing through this flange lateral scatteringof any of these cuttings beand through the disk Gr and serving both toing prevented by the guard rim D which ex support the segment I and topivotthe same tends some distance above the bottom of the go to the diskso that it can be swung thereon in drum, as shown in Fig. 2. order tocause its forward edge to project The cutting drum with its shaft or pincan more or less beyond the rear edge of the prebe readily lifted fromthe bearing a of the ceding segment. The forward edge of each bracket sothat ready access to the interior of segment I is sharpened so as to actas a cutthe drum at all tunes can be had for cleans- 5 ting knife, andis inclined in order to insure ing or other purposes. the shear cutnecessary in order to properly Special cutting knives, such as show fslice cabbages or like vegetables, the pivot instance at at, Fig. 4-,may be secured to the bolt d being located at a point about midwaysegments I, when it is not considered practi of the extreme ends of eachsegment so that cable or advisable to form the cuttiug knives I00 by thesegments themselves, and the cam disk may, if desired, be formed asshown at J in said figure, so as only to project the segments 1, thelatter being pushed inward by hand, although, of course, the form ofdisk shown in Figs. 1 to 3 is preferred.

A drum K (Fig. 5) having perforations and projecting teeth, may beprovided with a central spindle F, so as to be substituted for thecutting drum when the device is to be used as a grater.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent l. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of a guidetrough, a rotary cutting drum consisting of a disk having dependingcutting segments with flanges pivoted to said disk and having tails withprojecting pins, a driving spindle passing through said disk and havinga cam disk with slots for receiving said pins,a polygonal portion and athreaded portion beyond the same, a bearing within the drum for thedepending spindle, an operating handle adapted to the polygonal portionof the spindle above the disk of the cutting drum, and a nut adapted tothe threaded portion of said spindle and serving to confine the handleand to cause the clamping of the tails of the segment flanges betweenthe disk of the drum and the slotted cam disk of the spindle,substantially as specified.

2. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of a guide trough and arotating drum consisting of a disk with segments pivoted thereto andhaving inclined cutting knives at the front edges and correspondinglyinclined guard edges at the rear, substantially as specified.

3. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of a guide trough, with acutting drum consisting of a disk, a series of segments pivoted thereto,and each having an inclined cutting knife at the front, and an inclinedguard edge at the rear, and a cam for simultaneously adjusting saidsegments, substantially as specified.

4. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of a guide trough With acutting drum having a series of pivoted segments each of which has aninclined front edge sharpened to form a cutting knife, and acorrespondingly inclined rear edge serving as a guard for the cuttingedge of the next segment, substantially as specified.

5. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of the guide trough, with acutting drum consisting of adisk, a series of segments pivoted thereto,and each having an inclined cutting knife at the front, and acorrespondingly inclined guard edge at the rear, a pin projecting fromeach of said segments, and a slotted cam engaging with said pins andadapted to move the segments positively in either direction,substantially as specified.

6. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of the guide trough and acutting drum consisting of a disk, a support on which the same can berotated,and a series of depending segments each pivoted to the disk andhaving an inclined front cutting knife, and a corresponding inclinedrear guard edge, substantially as specified.

7. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of the guide trough, and acutting drum consisting of a disk with depending segments havinginclined front cutting knives and correspondingly inclined rear guardedges, and a central depending spindle, with a bearing in which saidspindle is free to rotate, the bottom of the drum being open for the discharge of the cuttings therefrom, substantially as specified.

8. The combination in a vegetable cutter, of the feed trough, the openbottomed drum having depending segments forming the cutters, a centraldepending spindle a bearing for said spindle, a laterally projectingfeed trough and a guard rim surrounding and projecting above the bottomof the drum, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. I

- JOHN G. BAKER. Witnesses:

FRANK E. BEOHTOLD, JOSEPH H. KLEIN.

